ALEXANDRIA, VA — Bottled water consumption in the US hit 8.25 billion gallons in 2006, 9.5 percent more than the amount consumed in 2005, according to a report released by the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC), a April 9 IBWA press release reported.
Wholesale sales of bottled water were about $11 billion for last year, which is 8.5 percent more than the previous year, according to the press release.
IBWA said 2006 annual per capita consumption of bottled water in the US increased by over 2 gallons, from 25.4 gallons in 2005 to 27.6 gallons last year.
Stephen Kay, IBWA vice president of communications, said, " … during 2006, individual servings of bottled water in sizes of 1.5 liters and smaller accounted for 57.1 percent of the volume of bottled water sold, indicating that consumers are choosing bottled water in lieu of other bottled drinks."
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